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The Evergreen Wildflower: Exploring Nature PoetryAlpine Lines
References of the literary works read in the following order:
John Muir, Letter to His Sister [1873]
Po-Chü-i, “A Dream of Mountaineering”
Hanshan, “Cold Mountain”
Annette Wynne, “God Made the Mountain Very High”
Tao Yuanming, “Drinking Wine”
T’ao Ch’ien [365-427 CE]
Edgar Allan Poe, “Dream-Land”
Robert Frost, “The Mountain”
William Wordsworth, “The Prelude”
Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Mont Blanc”
Emily Brontë, “Loud without the Wind was Roaring”
James Russell Lowell, “The Green Mountains”
Emily Dickinson, “The Moun...
2024-07-1415 min
The History of China Podcast#70 - S&N 14: The Hou Jing DisturbanceThe end of Emperor Wu’s 5-decade-long rule over the Liang Empire is jam-packed with action. Following the split between Eastern and Western Wei in the North, it seems like there’s might be peace and quiet in the South for once. But this will prove short-lived, indeed. First, Vietnam will rise up in it first major rebellion in centuries against Chinese hegemony, and then a general from the far north will go rogue, defect from his warlord, and offer up his territories to Liang. It seems like an offer too good to be true… and as Emperor Wu will learn...
2015-07-1739 min